Car badge



A rij 29, 1924. 1,492,285

C. F. CHRISTOPHER CAR BADGE Filed March 13, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 29 1924.

, 11,492,285 C. F. CHRISTOPHER CAR BADGE Filed March 13. 1922 2 Sheets-Shet? LIZZI THEFT NO- 25765 GAR 9752? NAME LIZZIE7PAS$ENER $50.00 H F WORN ON ANY OTHER 6 350.00 FINE IF WORN WITHOUT THE DATE. MUTILATED BADGES SENTIM' A NEW 0 8 l- SIGN E SE R VARY STATE.

CALVIN F. CHRISTOPHER, 01* ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

CAB BADGE.

Application filed March 13, 1922. SerialrTo. 543,433.'

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CAININ F. CHRISTO- PHER, a citizen of the United States, residing;

at Asheville, in the county of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Car Badge, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a simple but effective means whereby the theft of automobiles will be prevented, and whereby the thief may be apprehended, and the car located, should the vehicle be stolen, notwithstanding the efficient means provided for preventing such a contingency.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby it will be unnecessary to throw away an entire license tag, for an automobile, simply because the date of the tag must be changed.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

The drawings show satisfactory embodiments of the invention, but they are not the only forms which the invention may take, and, therefore, it is to be understood that a mechanic, working within the scope of what is claimed, may make such alterations as his skill may suggest, without departing from the spirit of the invention or avoiding the charge of infringement.

In the accompanying drawings, which form. part of this application, Figure 1 shows in elevation, a car badge constructed in accordance with the invention and at taohed to a portion of a car; Figure 2 is a plan showing the pocket badge; Figure 3 is a fragmental elevation disclosing a badge which has been applied unlawfully to a car; Figure 4: is an elevation wherein a modification appears; Figure 5 is an elevation showing another modification; Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 4:; Figure 7 is a section showing a modification; Figure 8 is a plan showing a modified form of pocket badge.

In Figure 1 of the drawings, the numeral 1 designates any part of an automobile, either the front, side or rear portion thereof. The body 1 of the automobile is provided with a permanent mark of some kind, which may be a hole 2. There is provided a car badge 3 having openings 5 adapted to receive securing elements 6, such as screws, whereby the badge is held on the car. The

badge 3 is provided with a projecting part 7, located in a fixed relation with respect to the openings 5 which receive the screws 6, the construction being such that when the screws are in place, the projecting part or arm 7 will cover the hole 2 in the body of the car. I

In addition to the badge, there is provided a large number of similar badges a, each badge 4 having a projecting part 8. The arms 7 and 8 are located at difierent points about the periphery of the various badges, and are, therefore, located differently with respect to the openings 5 which receive the screws 6 whereby the badge is held on the car. The badges are inscribed at 9 with indicia, of any desired sort, identifying the particular car. Thus, the inscription at 9 may include the engine number, the makers number and the like.

Let it be supposed that a thief steals a car provided with the badge 3, and attempts to place the badge 4 on the car. Then, as shown in Figure 3, the arm 8 will not cover the, hole 2, when the screws 6 are mounted in the openings 5 of the badge, and in the corresponding holes in the car. Suppose, however, referring to Figure 3, that the thief so mounts the badge t that the arm 8 coversthe hole 2. Even then, his attempts to concealthe identity of the carwill be frustrated for two reasons: first, because the inscription 9 on the badge 4: will not read horizontally, but will lie at a slant with respect to the horizontal, thereby making it evident that a badge has been applied improperly to the car: second, if the badge 4: is turned until vthe arm 8 covers the hole 2, a new set of holes must be made in the body of the car, to receive the screws 6, and, when the badge 4 is removed, there will be five holes in the body of the car, instead of three, thereby indicating positively that the wrong badge has been applied to the car, and that the car has been stolen.

As a further means for preventing the theft of an automobile, it is proposed that no person shall be permittedto drive an automobile unless the automobile is provided.

with a car badge 3, and unless the driver of the car can produce a pocket badge, such as the member 10 of Figure 2, the pocket badge being inscribed as at 11 with indieia identi fying the car. Thus, if a thief steals the car, and leaves the badge 3 in place, as shown in Figure 1, he may still be identithe publicity to be derived from wide-' spread advertising and with alei'tness on thepart of police oflicers, will reduce the stealing of automobiles to a minimum.

In Figures 4 and 6, wherein a modification is shown, the body of the car appears at 12, the badge at 14, the badge being in the form of a rectangular plate, rather than in the form of a disk, as in Figure 1. The securing elements for holding the badge 1 1 on the body. 12 are marked by the numeral 15. The projecting arms on the badge are shown at 16, there being two arms in this embodiment of the invention, the arms coveringholes 17 in the body'12 of the car. So far as the operation of this form of the invention is concerned, the remarks hereinbefore, relating to the badge 8, apply.

The badge 14 is provided with the usual license number and the like, as shown at 18,

and is provided with a relatively large opening 19, smaller openings 20 being fashioned in the badge, about the opening 19. r In the opening 19 is placed a plate 21 having projeoting tongues 22, engaged through the openings 20 and clinched upon the badge 14, to hold the plate 21 thereon. T'heplate 21 is marked as'at 23 with a date, and with other indicia, if desired, The plate 21 may be detached when the license has ex ired and a new plate may be substituted therefor, the result being that it isunnecessary to throw away the badge let when the license is renewed. A new plate 21 merely is substituted, and since this plate is small in size, a great saving to the Commonwealth issuing the automobile licenses, will result.

Any suit-able means may be provided for holding the auxiliary plate on the car badge or license tag. Thus, in Figure 7, the badge is designated by the numeral 24,,the opening appearing at 25 and corresponding to the opening19 of Figure 4. Over the opening 25 is placed a plate 26, having the functions of the plate'21 and held in place by bolts or other simple fastening devices, shown at 27.

In Figure 5, the body of the car is marked by the numeral 28, the badge being designated at 29 and being inscibed in any suitable way, as shown at 30. The badge 29 has arms 32 covering openings 31 in the body 28.

of the car, and is hinged at 33 to the body of the car, for swinging movement toward and away from the body, the body having a keeper 34, projecting through an ear on the badge 29, the keeper carrying a securing element 36, such as a cotter pin or seal, which, cooperating with. the ear 35, holds the badge in place against swinging movement on the hinge 83. So far as the function of the holes 31 and the arms 32 is concerned, the explanation concerning the form delineated in Figure 1 applies.

Although the pocket badge 10 is shown as being of circular form in Figure 2, the badge may be of rectangular form, as shown at 100 in Figure 8, and may be lettered in any suitable way, as at 101.

The plate 21 hereinbefore described in connection with that form of the invention which is shown in Figure 4, may be used in all forms of the invention. Thus, in Figure 5, the plate, corresponding to the plate 21 is indicated by the reference numeral 102, the plate being marked by the reference numeral 103 in that form of the invention which is shown in Figure 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is The combination with a vehicle provided with a mark, of a badge having a peripheral projection covering the mark, the mark being disposed beyond the periphery of the body of the badge; andmeans for securing the badge to the vehicle, said means com prising a body having a fixed position with respect to the projection.

In test'mony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OALVlN F. CHRISTOPHER.

Witnesses:

liLiRGAnET BENGEL', Mssoiv B. LAWTON. 

